Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
Do you see that tree? It is dead but it still sways in the wind with the others. I think it would… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
All of us would be wiser if we would resolve never to put people down, except on our prayer lists. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
That would be a glorious life, to addict oneself to perfection; to follow the curve of the sentence wherever it might lead,… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Why don't they cut their own children's ears into points to make them look sharp? Why don't they cut off their noses… — Anna Sewell Copy Share Image
I didn't choose to be gay. It would be more accurate to say that it was determined by nature. — Jens Spahn Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was God - the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the saddest things in the world today is that some people don't have enough food to nourish… — Izabel Goulart Copy Share Image
O how blessed it would be never to marry, or grow old; but to spend one's life innocently and indifferently among the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a filmmaker, actually, when I was in high school and college. But I just decided it would be… — Will Sheff Copy Share Image
I would stare into the bright lights and imagine I could do anything. Be anything. And I would tell myself it would… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
The point of acting is to hide yourself and get lost in character. To play the same character in eighteen movies would… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, for the vast masses of the nation… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
As long as you notice, and have to count the steps, you are not yet dancing but only learning to dance. A… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
You hear this story that we're all on the left, but when there's a demonstration, you count how many actors actually come… — Paul Haggis Copy Share Image
I read that MTV's Real World got 40,000 applications. That's amazing, such an even number. You would have thought it would be 40,008. — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
I often wonder if you wrote your memoir today, if your life story would be lived on the edge of possibility, if… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
It's a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth. — Beatrice Sparks Copy Share Image
For me, the game would be to assume a very intelligent reader who can extrapolate a lot from a little. And that's… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
It happens every once in awhile at the federal level when the solicitor general, on behalf of the U.S., will confess error… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
What keeps faith cheerful is the extreme persistence of gentleness and humor. Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
